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Young Stalin
by: Simon Sebag Montefiore

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780753823798
ISBN: 0753823799
Label: Phoenix
Manufacturer: Phoenix
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: May 01, 2008
Publisher: Phoenix
Studio: Phoenix
Sales Rank: 2215

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- Stalin planned 9/11
It is now twenty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the triumphal proclamation of the victory of capitalism and the 'end of history'. Yet this victory has not made the world a better, safer place. Rather it unleashed imperialst aggression on massive scale, accompanied by ethnic hatred and economic chaos. Unable to justify the bankrupcy of their own system,the apologists for capitalism have continually been forced to exhume the corpse of communism,dress it up in a fresh shroud, and show it to the world.
Nationalist despots like Milosovic and Saddam were described as being essentially communist - being in possession of a strong, murderous state - whilst North Korea was linked in with the Axis of Evil. Even today, the propaganda ... Read More:

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- How could this man have become the hard hearted monster of the Soviet Republic?
A topic I would never have thought could be so very interesting. The early years of the black hearted Red Tsar and what made him become so dogmatic and ultimately wicked. A fascinating blockbuster of a story, with qualities that keep you reading to the end. Interspersed with photographs and even poems by 'Soso' the 'romantic'.

Joseph did not have much going for him in his early life with an alcoholic, shoe maker father and headstrong and angry mother and I admired his thirst for knowledge and ambition in his youth, always trying to gain an education where so little was available. He ruthlessly strived to achieve his aim to become the leader of the USSR and in my opinion regardless of his charming manner, good looks and high intelligence ... Read More:

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- Best biography for years
Having just finished Tim Jeal's excellent biography of Stanley I stated that that was the best biography I had read for years. I immediately started on this one and three days later am pleased to announce that THIS is the best biography I have read for years. I could resort to cliches (OK I will resort to cliches)this is a virtually unputdownable, page turner. A boys own adventure - well perhaps a bit brutal to be boys own, but in all seriousness, if someone came to a publisher with this as a work of fiction they'd be laughed out of court at the sheer improbability of it. But having said that, the rip-snorting action packed nature of this work allows the prose to flow in a fictional "style" as it were, making this a slightly better "read" than the same author's ... Read More:

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